Up to now you have probably been putting your fingers down one at a time, which is fine and it works, but there is another way too. This is a more advanced technique, but I have seen it help a number of beginner guitarists. You will probably find it quite difficult to start off with, but once you get it it will speed your chord changes a lot.

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Change is in the air...

The concept is pretty simple... all you try and do is form the chord in the air before you put any of your fingers down, and then put them down all at once. It is harder than it sounds (as you are sure to find out), but because all the fingers go down at the same time it can really give you a leap in your chord change speed, but...

You MUST START SLOWLY when you are learning this exercise or you might end up undoing some of your hard work getting your chords sounding nice, and you will find that your fingers go down onto the wrong strings. Just do it slowly and try and get it right. Only when you have it right should you think about speeding it up!

Good luck ;)

OK, time to do those one minute changes now... BC-154 • 1 minute Changes

 

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